Magical moments

Don and I often talk about the magical and unexpected moments we experience at Morning Bray Farm. They seem to happen a whole lot here.

Take Baby Boy, for instance. He’s gotten to the point now where he follows me around the corral and pasture… his nose to my rear. Momma is frequently not far behind these days. That’s magical, considering they were feral when they came to us a year and a half ago. I love them and they make me smile.

Check out Gladys. After laying a dozen or so eggs and being inattentive to her nest the last couple of weeks, she’s been faithfully sitting on her X marks the spot eggs in the goat stall for the last two days and nights. Isn’t she pretty?

She doesn’t seem to mind our comings and goings. That’s magical too. I can’t help but coo at her and smile every time I walk past.

Unexpected surprises can also be magical. For example, finding one of Lenny’s winter stashes in the hose storage container by the barn. How does he know he needs to save for the upcoming months? Whether it’s magic or instinct, made me smile.

Yesterday, this one made me say, “Well, I’ll be.”

The sandhill cranes are back in town. This was our first official sighting of the year from Morning Bray Farm. The magic in this… Limpy (in the foreground) is back for her third straight year in a row. In case you’re wondering, Limpy limps. That’s how we know it’s her.

Oh I love this post. We have so many magical moments here too. Gladys is lovely. I have a Gladys too but I’m not sure the name will be appropriate when she/he gets a little older;-/ One big sign here that the seasons are changing is the sighting of tarantulas in the road, moving to higher ground to avoid being flooded out. Harry and Gunny are getting furry and they wish for stashes of food that they could access at any time:-)

You do live in a magic world and it is wonderful of you to share it with us. I’m sure that there is a lot of “back scenes” work – feeding, cleaning, grooming – that goes on to make it look so effortless!

Your sandhill cranes are quite lovely! I’ve never seen them so close. A trio of them visited the Arsenal over the summer and they were the first ones that I have ever seen in person. But they landed much further away than yours did.

I think you should rename your farm Morningbray Animal Haven. Seriously. The animals already know and that’s why they’re coming and choosing to make their home with you. It’s a safe place and they know it.

I lived in the South Valley, just a few blocks from the River, for nearly 12 years, and one of my favorite things was to watch – and listen to – the wings of Sandhill Cranes as they swooped over my house and headed out for breakfast every morning. I always considered myself very blessed to see that, and I miss it now that I live in town.